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When a dog shakes off water after a swim, the cooling rate for the dog peaks at the highest value found in nature.

sicut vis videre estoWhen we realize that patterns don't exist in the universe, they are a template that we hold to the universe to make sense of it, it all makes a lot more sense.Originally Posted by Ken G

The Beagle was designed to sail in the Dog lattitudes allowing Darwin to discover finches that filled the ecological niche occupied elsewhere by ...beagles.

sicut vis videre estoWhen we realize that patterns don't exist in the universe, they are a template that we hold to the universe to make sense of it, it all makes a lot more sense.Originally Posted by Ken G

The bloodhound missile of the sixties was expensive to maintain but was unique in using a scent trail to find fighter planes leaking kerosene. there was an unfortunate test firing incident when it locked onto a jet-ski towing a water skier wearing too much 'old spice" aftershave but luckily no celebrity was evaporated. Nevertheless sales of aftershaves nosedived rather like the test bloodhound. Nobody today would think of using kerosine aftershave even if they have forgotten the incident, it being pre-internet.

sicut vis videre estoWhen we realize that patterns don't exist in the universe, they are a template that we hold to the universe to make sense of it, it all makes a lot more sense.Originally Posted by Ken G

The Hubble Space Telescope got its name because while the main mirror was still being ground, they put a shiny hubcap in its place to help test the other optics. Then they forgot to swap it out before the launch.

hard cheese makes an excellent, if crumbly, pencil eraser and was the inspiration for the parmesan range of artists' pasta additives.

sicut vis videre estoWhen we realize that patterns don't exist in the universe, they are a template that we hold to the universe to make sense of it, it all makes a lot more sense.Originally Posted by Ken G

sicut vis videre estoWhen we realize that patterns don't exist in the universe, they are a template that we hold to the universe to make sense of it, it all makes a lot more sense.Originally Posted by Ken G

The inhabitants of Rama were informally called Ra-men. Unfortunately a too close pass by a black hole left them spaghettified.

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In America the roundabout was introduced as a double U-turn. This was quickly abandoned after drivers started to make strange zig-zag motions to turn around.

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Since it is used in the context of both time and distance, the S.I. unit for spacetime has been named the Kessel.

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